'Alone and scared,' child tells police

HUDSON — Home alone and scared. That's what a 6-year-old city girl said she was when she called 911 in Columbia County, State Police said.

As a result, troopers say, they arrested the child's mother, Limika Walls, 27, who they say had left the girl home for several hours.

State Police, assisting Hudson police, were dispatched by Columbia County 911 to the home Friday. They said they learned the 6-year-old had been left home alone for several hours.

Walls was located by police after several hours "in an apparent impaired condition." She was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and while she was being processed by police, Walls became uncooperative and was charged with obstruction of governmental administration, troopers said.

She was arraigned in City Court and sent to the county jail in lieu of $250 bail to returned to court Tuesday. The child is in the care of county's Child Protective Services.